My son had an accident in my 80 and the damage looked similar to yours. Yours doesn't look too bad. I was able to save my grille and straighten my core support. I had to replace the fender, lower valance, and headlight bucket. Your hood still looks good, and you might be able to save the...
Yeah - you're probably right. When I built this I was only hoping it would act as a deterrent. But, given how tough it is to ben 3/16" steel (at least for me) I was thinking it would take 4-5 properly placed saw cuts to get these out. Hopefully cat thieves aren't as smart as you!
Though this might be useful for anyone looking to add some theft protection for their catalytic converters. I recently had mine stolen and it was a pain to get them replaced because of a shop that did unauthorized poorly done work (long story). Anyway, I'm hoping I never have to go through...
I have a new 50-state Magnaflow Y-pipe/cat, second cat, and Borla cat-back exhaust. I bought these parts to replace my exhaust sytem, and then someone stole both of my catalytic converters. Insurance replaced my exhaust with OEM, so now I have this brand new exhaust system for sale. I'm...